# NTSB investigations: Beech 76: Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB LAX06CA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA217.md): Beech 76 · El Cajon, CA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 27, 2006 · N6720T · Substantial damage
  > the failure of the "A" frame tube, which caused the left main landing gear to collapse.
- [NTSB CHI01LA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA314.md): Beech 76 · Wheeling, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 10, 2001 · N383 · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the hydraulic power pack,and the false landing gear position indication.
- [NTSB SEA93LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93LA172.md): Beech 76 · Portland, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 9, 1993 · N3692X · Substantial damage
  > Jamming of the nose landing gear assembly and the pilot-in-command not maintaining the proper glidepath during the nose gear up landing.
- [NTSB LAX91LA328](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA328.md): Beech 76 · Sacramento, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 24, 1991 · N6045M · Substantial damage
  > A fatigue failure of the landing gear strut due to an inadequate design by the manufacturer. Contributing to the accident was maintenance personnel not having completed an inspection of the gear strut, in accordance with the manufacturer's service bulletin.
- [NTSB MIA86LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA191.md): Beech 76 · Ft Lauderdale, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 25, 1986 · N313RM · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that just as he rotated the acft for takeoff, the cabin door popped open. The acft then struck the ground hard in a nose down attitude, sheared off the main landing gear and slid to a stop on the runwy. According to the emergency procedures in…
- [NTSB MIA83LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA124.md): Beech 76 · Pensacola, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 16, 1983 · N3711N · Substantial damage
  > The acft was landed with the gear retracted after a door opened during takeoff. The pilot stated that at about 100 feet AGL after the gear had been retracted the pilots door came open. According to the pilot the acft became erratic with thedoor banging…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1153005')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 130))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1153005&occurrence=130

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